'A Real Pain' Film Screening

A Real Pain (2024) is a comedy-drama written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. It follows two American Jewish cousins — the reserved family man David (Eisenberg) and his free-spirited, unpredictable cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin) — as they travel through Poland on a Jewish heritage tour to honor their late grandmother and connect with their family’s past. During the trip they visit historic sites such as Warsaw, Lublin, and a Nazi concentration camp, and the journey forces them to confront long-buried tensions in their relationship, opening the door to reconciliation and deeper understanding. The film blends humor and emotion as it explores family, grief, identity, and connection.

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